This year has been a brutal, soul-sucking slog. And we have at least 3 more brutal and soul-sucking years left of this administration to go — if they don’t kill us all, first. So let’s get to it.
- MTV was launched 44 years ago on August 1
- Coolio was born 62 years ago on August 1
- Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott celebrated his 66th birthday on August 1
- Public Enemy‘s Chuck D. celebrated his 64th birthday on August 1
- Butch Vig celebrated his 70th — yes, y’all 70th! — birthday on August 2
- Echo and the Bunnymen‘s first dummer Pete de Freitas was born 64 years ago on August 2.
- Collective Soul‘s frontman Ed Roland celebrated his 62nd birthday on August 3
- Metallica‘s James Hetfield celebrated his 62nd birthday on August 3
- The iconic Louis Armstrong was born 124 years ago on August 4
- Beastie Boys‘ Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA was born 60 years ago on August 5
U2′s The Edge celebrates his 64th birthday today. Those who know me outside of social media know that I’m a huge U2 fan, and have been since the ’80s. Achtung Baby is one of my favorite albums ever recorded. I’m not kidding.
So happy birthday, Edge! Thank you for music that’s been a major part of my life’s soundtrack. And may be there many, many, many more!
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